Pen-holder



(No Model.)

T. N'ANCE. PEN HOLDER.

"Nieren Srnres THOMAS NANCE, OF SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE.

P E N H O L D E R SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,197, dated February 24, 1891- Application filed September 1890- Serial No. 364,581. (No model.)

f tion and arrangement of the different parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and specifically claimed.

The objects of my invention are to provide a holder for pens which shall beneat in appearance, strong and durable, and quite inexpensive, and into which the shank of the vpen can be more easily inserted or removed than from the ordinary holders now in use, and also to impart or allow to the pen an oscillating elastic and yielding movement when it is applied to the paper in writing, thus affording ease to the penman and preventing weariness and cramp to the hand, or what is known as scribes paralysis. I attain these results by the use of the peculiar mechanism illustrated in the drawings; and in order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my holder secured to a stock and with a pen in place ready for use. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views of the different parts of the holder, showing them separately and detached from the stock. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line Qc of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a side View of two of the parts together. v

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

A represents an ordinary stock, to one end of which is secured in the customary manner a hollow tube B, which may be made of any suitable material and of proper size to suit the stock and pen. The lower end of the tube B is preferably formed as at a-that is, has its upper and lower portion out away,

as shown, to allow the pen to yield in a downward or upward movement,as will be presently more fully explained. Near this end of the tube is provided in either side thereof a hole c for the reception and retention of a small rivet or pin c3, which secures the pieces C andD in their proper positions within the hollow free end of the tube B, and for this purpose each of the pieces is formed with similar holes c through its sides. As shown in the drawings, the piece'C is made of sufficient size to iit snugly in the hollow of the tube B, yet with sufiicient-laxity to permit of a slight vertical movement of the piece C,t he upper end of which is formed into or provided with a fiat or blade spring d, which is deiiected, as shown in Fig. 3, or may be bent back upon itself, and when in position in the tube B rests against the inner lower side thereof, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l.

The piece D is a short split tube which ts into the hollow of the tube C, and is usually made of elastic or flexible metal or other material, and has near its upper end holes c2 for the pin c3, which pivotally secures it and the piece C to and within the tube B.

It will be seen in Figs. 4E and 6 that the piece D is cut away at its inner end, as at e, and projects slightly beyond the front end of piece C, thus permitting the shank of the pen to be easily inserted between the inner periphery of the piece C and the outer one of piece D, the shank of the pen being first placed on the projecting end of piece D and then pressed back intov place, the cut-away portion e allowing the piece to be tipped for- Y ward, thus making the insertion or extraction of the pen an easy matter, as will be readily understood. Itis also apparent that the piece D, being made in the form of a split tube and of elastic material, will readily yield when a penis placed between it and the piece C, yet by reason of its flexibility will retain the pen firmly in place.

In order to afford greater expansion and contraction to the piece D, which acts as a spring, I may form the holes c2 slightly elongated, as shown, and thus accommodate pens of different sizes and those having shanks of different thicknesses.

To carry my invention into effect, I place the tube B on the end of a stock and insert IOO , v p Y in the open end thereof the piece C, which has inserted in its open end the piece D. The three pieces are then secured together by means of the pin c3, passing through the holes c c2. The pen is then inserted, as above stated, and the device is ready for use. Then the point of the pen is pressed on the paper, the piece C, being pivotally secured, as set. forth, will yield, and by reason of the spring d will afford a soft yielding movement of the pen, which is so much desired by writers.

What I claim is--l 1. A pen-holder consisting of the tube B, having the holes c, the piece C, having holes c and spring cl, and the split tube D, having the openings c2 and inserted in the piece C, the pieces B, D, and C being pivotally secured together by and having the pin c3, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a pen-holder consisting of a stock, a tube B, having the holes c and out away, as at a, the piece C, having the holes c and spring d, and

the split tubeD, having the opening c2 and cut away, as at e, the pieces B, C, and D being pivotally secured together by and having the pin c, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a pen-holder consisting of a stock, a tubel, having the holes c and out away, as at a, the piece C, having the holes c and spring (Land the split tube D, having the elongated openings 02 and cut away, as at e, the pieces B, C, and D, being pivotally secured together byan d having the pin c3, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 12th day of July, 1890.

THOMAS NANCE. [L s] In presence of"- JoHN W. FRIERsoN, OLivER COWAN. 

